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Lebanon (2009)
Does Not Live Up to the Hype
It's only so so. As mentioned before, there is no character development, the dialogue and plot is unrealistic, the movie plods, and builds to no climax or resolution. Yes, war is hell, and some people are unprepared for the human face of killing. it's all been done before. And the novelty of he entire film taking place in the tank gets old after the first 20 min. It's just not a very good movie on any terms. It starts with a lot of potential, and then goes nowhere; you never care about the characters, so you never care what happens to them. It's fine for a foreign rental, but best war movie ever? Hardly. Might want to watch Glory or Black Hawk Down again...
G.I. Jane (1997)
did they do ANY research? stinks!
I could go on and on about this stupid film, about how BUDS training is in San Diego - where it never rains that much and certainly doesn't snow, but the worst part of this movie is how insulting it is to real SEALS. This is the most arduous, vigorous combat training ever devised, and no 110 pound, little girly with big fake breasts,would even begin to cope and its an insult to those that have passed it to even imply she could pass even the entrance exam, no matter what kind of shape she was in. At least put a marathon runner in the role. Other than that, the movie is stupid, plodding and predictable and looks like it was done by Michael Bay, instead of Ridley Scott.. I do love Viggo; he is great in just about everything, but even Crimson Tide was more realistic.